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Flicka meets some Dragons

Tonight, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)’s hit show “Dragons Den” made its season 8 première on the network. A mere hours before the Eastern time-zone première, Flicka got to meet four of the five Dragons!

The Dragons Flicka meet were:

1. David Chilton
Publishing Powerhouse – Chilton is a former stock broker and author of the personal finance book The Wealthy Barber, ranked as Canada’s all-time best-selling book, having reached 10 per cent of Canadian households. He’s also had incredible success as publisher and president of a series of low-fat cookbooks under the Looneyspoons brand. To learn more about Mr. Chilton, check out http://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/dragons/david-chilton.

2. Bruce Croxon
Internet Mogul – Croxon is an active investor with his company Round 13 Capital, advisor and start-up champ who co-founded one of the best-known online dating websites in the world – Lavalife. To learn more about Mr. Croxon, check out http://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/dragons/bruce-croxon.

Flicka with Bruce Croxon (L) and David Chilton (R)
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3. Kevin O’Leary
Investment Guru – The Bay Street Bigmouth and television pundit started his fortune selling educational software and is now Chairman of O’Leary Funds, his own mutual-fund company and also helms O’Leary Mortgages. To learn more about Mr. O’Leary, check out http://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/dragons/kevin-oleary.

Flicka with Kevin O’Leary
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4. Jim Treliving
Franchise Baron – This former RCMP officer has 40 years of franchising experience with both Boston Pizza and Mr. Lube. He also manages a portfolio of multi-million dollar sports and real-estate investments. To learn more about Mr. Treliving, check out http://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/dragons/jim-treliving.

A very special thank you to Mr. Chilton for agreeing earlier in the day to meet Flicka this evening. I learned that where there’s one Dragon, there’s usually more around the corner. Thank you, also, to Mr. Croxon, Mr. O’Leary, and Mr. Treliving for humouring me and letting Flicka have her photo taken with you as well. We appreciated the opportunity to meet all of you.

In case you’re wondering, all four gentlemen were genuinely interested in Flicka and the work National Service Dogs does. I told them about NSD’s Certified Service Dogs for Autism program as well as its Skilled Companion Dogs program, and they were impressed. Mr. O’Leary was especially struck at how well behaved Flicka was while he and she interacted with each other and he seemed to take a liking to her!